Does Davinci resolve capture prores in windows os?

[Shane Ross]

Capturing from tape to ProRes would mean having the ability to ENCODE to ProRes, and Windows machines don’t have the ability to encode to ProRes. No matter what version of Resolve you have, this is true.

Well, you CAN encode to ProRes, with some third party apps, but they aren’t licensed to do so, and the encoder doesn’t quite encode ProRes properly. If QC looks at it, it’ll kick it. But these apps won’t aid Resolve in capturing and encoding to ProRes.

Total stinker, as many many clients want ProRes, and that means double encoding on a Windows system.

Shane
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[Marc Wielage]

Note this is due to decisions made by Apple, so it has nothing to do with Blackmagic or Resolve users per se. One solution is just to buy an affordable Mac (like an iMac Pro) and let that be a ProRes render station. Even some used Macs could do it to a point. The Advanced Linux version can do it ($30K).

[Duke Sweden]

Is DNxHD or DNxHR just as good as ProRes, other than in the minds of people who don’t know what they’re talking about, or is ProRes that much better? I ask, of course, as the amateur that I always point out that I am.

Dell XPS 8920
Intel i7 core 7700 build
GeForce GTX 1050ti
32 Gigs of RAM
3 7200 RPM SATA Drives
Windows 10 64-bit
DaVinci Resolve 14.3

[Tero Ahlfors]

[Duke Sweden] “Is DNxHD or DNxHR just as good as ProRes”

Yes, but there are clients/services that require Prores for delivery so you will need some way to make those files. If you’re doing stuff just for your own fun then it doesn’t really matter.

[Ricardo Marty]

My situation is that I plan to purchase the new bmpcc 4k abd these are the codecs:

CinemaDNG RAW, CinemaDNG RAW 3:1, CinemaDNG RAW 4:1, ProRes 422 HQ QuickTime, ProRes 422 QuickTime, ProRes 422 LT QuickTime, ProRes 422 Proxy QuickTime.

Though my system specs can handle some raw I would rather work in something else.

Ricardo Marty

[Duke Sweden]

Thanks, Tero. As I said I was just asking out of curiosity since, as you pointed out, I do this for fun and delivery codecs aren’t important to me.

Dell XPS 8920
Intel i7 core 7700 build
GeForce GTX 1050ti
32 Gigs of RAM
3 7200 RPM SATA Drives
Windows 10 64-bit
DaVinci Resolve 14.3

[Duke Sweden]

Hey Shane. Back when I had an Atomos Ninja II (which I used with a Nikon D5500. Can you believe that!?! ;-)) Anyway, I was able to record in ProRes 4:4:4 and work with those files on my old, woefully underpowered PC. I just couldn’t export in ProRes. Is that what you meant?

btw, I did find a program called something like Mirabel ProRes for Windows, which as you point out, was nothing like real ProRes.

Dell XPS 8920
Intel i7 core 7700 build
GeForce GTX 1050ti
32 Gigs of RAM
3 7200 RPM SATA Drives
Windows 10 64-bit
DaVinci Resolve 14.3

[Tero Ahlfors]

You can import Prores so you can shoot with a camera that records Prores and bring those files in and work with that. You can’t export your work out to Prores and you’ll need to use something else.

[Ricardo Marty]

OK you meab I can graf a prores clip into my windows davinci project and work with it then expoRt as whateve.

Ricardo Marty

[Tero Ahlfors]

Yes